Sec. 221.019.  RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.  (a)  The original and two copies of the restated articles of incorporation and a certified copy of the resolution of the sponsoring entity's governing body authorizing the articles shall be delivered to the secretary of state.
(b)  If the secretary of state finds that the restated articles of incorporation comply with this chapter and have been authorized by the sponsoring entity's governing body, the secretary of state, on payment of all fees required by this chapter, shall:
(1)  write "filed" on the original and each copy of the restated articles of incorporation and the month, day, and year of the filing; 
(2)  file the original in the office of the secretary of state;  and
(3)  issue two restated certificates of incorporation with a copy of the restated articles of incorporation attached to each.
(c)  The secretary of state shall deliver a restated certificate of incorporation, with a copy of the restated articles of incorporation attached, to the development corporation or its representative and to the sponsoring entity's governing body.
(d)  On issuance by the secretary of state of the restated certificate of incorporation, the original articles of incorporation and all amendments are superseded and the restated articles of incorporation become the development corporation's articles of incorporation.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.